St Anthony came through (again)

[vz71]

So this past weekend I got back my rosary.

I was talking to one of the ushers last week and the topic of rosaries in various states of disrepair came up.
I jokingly told him about my "Easter Rosary" - called such as Christ was no longer on the cross - and I mentioned that it was lost some time ago.

This week, the usher brought a rosary to me and asked if this was it. It was. My rosary that had been missing for 2 years has finally made it back.

The usher told me it had been on quite a trip in my absence.

It was found shortly after it fell from my pocket and was hung in the back lost and found.
But within a couple of days, people started using it as a spare in church and leaving it in the pew.
It was seen in the front pews for a while. Moved to the back pews for a while, and eventually made it's way to the front behind the altar.

There is stayed for several months. The usher was watching it, and decided it was not right that there was a Rosary unused.
So he took it, replaced the corpus, and had been using it as a spare for the past several months.

It took 2 years, but St Anthony eventually got my Rosary back to me. I cannot say I didn't lose faith that it would ever be returned.

 

[HomeschoolDad]

He is the go-to guy for lost stuff for sure. His intercession has helped me many times.

 

[Anobsitar]

I never believed in this power of Saint Anthony - but my wife did. I'm Catholic, so maybe I should too - but she's Protestant, so as far as I know, she shouldn't. What can I say? If there were a Nobel Prize for the art of misplacing things, I'd be a candidate for it. Thank God she has a boyfriend named St. Anthony - otherwise I'd be pretty much lost sometimes.

 

[vz71]

I never believed in this power of Saint Anthony

Just to clarify...
Not St Anthony's power. God's.

St Anthony merely brings our prayers to him.

Nearly all Catholics understand the distinction, but it is a good idea to make sure our protestant friends that may be reading understand this.

 

[Anobsitar]

Just to clarify...
Not St Anthony's power. God's.

That's why I don't believe in such powers. We are all his children, so everyone has them - if God wills it. In general, all power comes from God. “The power of my power” is a very good description for every human being. Everyone is talented.

St Anthony merely brings our prayers to him.

Nearly all Catholics understand the distinction, but it is a good idea to make sure our protestant friends that may be reading understand this.

There are many automatic responses in such contexts. Do you remember, for example, the famous humanist and Lord Chancellor Saint Sir Thomas More? Many Protestants believe, for example, that he was officially declared a “saint” by the Holy Catholic Church because he decided not to follow his crazy king, Henry VIII. So he was murdered 1535. But the canonization took place 1935. Which famous leading politicians of that time should no Catholic with any degree of clear thinking have followed back then? Two names I remember in this context: Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin. And when I hear today how the atheist Donald Trump demands that Ukraine submit to the irrational tyrant Vladimir Putin, I sometimes wonder if no one learns anything, and I can only ask Thomas More to convey my prayer for peace.

When differences in language,
culture, or faith make us forget
that we are your creatures and
that you have entrusted creation to us as our common
home,
it is you who gives us hope for peace.
When people are pitted against each other,
when power is used
to exploit others,
when facts are twisted
to deceive others, it is you
who gives us hope for peace.
Teach us to treat each other with justice and care
and to resist corruption.
Grant us courageous women and men
who heal the wounds that hatred and violence
leave on body and soul.
Give us courageous women and men
who heal the wounds that hatred and violence
leave on body and soul.
Let us find the right words, gestures, and
means to promote peace.
In whatever language we profess you as
“Prince of Peace,”
let our voices be heard loud and clear
against violence and injustice.

source: Ökumenisches Friedensgebet 2022. Quelle: https://www.oekumenisches-friedensgebet.de/